Best VGA Cooler for GTX

DangerIsGo

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Im planning on getting a DFI LANPARTY UT SLI-DR board soon, from my A8N-SLI Deluxe so I can better OC my chip. Thats to know the space in between the GTX's (whenever I get a 2nd one). What would be the best VGA cooler? The Zalman is supposed to be nice but then I also heard the AC Rev 3 was also good. Does anyone have any temps as to compare the two of them, also noting the space between the cards (when SLI comes).
 
Updated,
[H]ardOCP has a link to 3dxtreme.com's review of this cooler and the results are impressive:
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Funny, I get those NV Silencer temps on stock cooling... their idle looks rediculous!
 
I still wonder what speed their running at. If its stock or OCed..If OCed, how much...
 
get the Zalman instead of the NV silencer. the Zalman cools just as good and is 95% silent.
 
DangerIsGo said:
But I dont believe itll fit in the DFI board that i want.

and what board is that? I know it'll fit the Ultra-D NF4 board because thats what cooler I was using on my board with a 7800 GTX.
 
ozziegn said:
get the Zalman instead of the NV silencer. the Zalman cools just as good and is 95% silent.
technically the NV5 should be quieter because its fan runs off of the graphics card's power, whilst the zalman runs off of a standard 3 pin adapter. that way the NV5 is controlled by the graphics card, and should technically be cooler...
 
was reading the Zalman link, and came across this...

"5. The Nipples MUST be tightened by hand. " :D
 
And of course:
"Using tools to tighten the nipples may break the tip of the nipples." Ouchies! :p

Anyways, the projected board was the DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR. Was wondering if I can put in 2 Zalmans or 2 NV Silencers on GTX's and have enough room in between the cooler an d the 2nd card.
 
DangerIsGo said:
And of course:
"Using tools to tighten the nipples may break the tip of the nipples." Ouchies! :p

Anyways, the projected board was the DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR. Was wondering if I can put in 2 Zalmans or 2 NV Silencers on GTX's and have enough room in between the cooler an d the 2nd card.
im in the exact same situation.. same mobo and card. if somebody has some detailed info/exp w/ these things, thatd be great!
 
PhoenixC5 said:
if either of these would fit on an SLI mobo other than the asus, id buy two. :(

well DFI will soon drop a revision of the LAnparty that will be like ASUS, have 2 slots between the 2 PCIe 16x slots
 
not a big fan of the dfi boards. i had one, traded it out for this one. i may give one of the asus boards a shot.
 
Lord_Exodia said:
The ACS3 cooler from evga is selling at the link above. Single slot and supposedly great temps.

Anyone have any word on just how much better these cool for a stock EVGA 7800GT because... well... they look really cool... :eek: :D
 
Isn't that ASC3 cooler the same thing that Kyle shelled out big$$ for a while back? Seems he paid $600 or more for the EVGA 7800GTX card with that cooler so he could test it out. Haven't seen the review yet.
 
I'm at 38c idle and about 57 load using the stock cooler and a few tricks. ;)
 
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